“If you get stuck on the past with anything in life, let alone footy, you can lose your way pretty quickly. So we're focused on the road ahead not the road behind.

“We acknowledge they're still the benchmark of the competition. They're 2-0 after an enormous fighting win.

“We're coming up against a formidable opponent on their home dunghill and we're keen to measure ourselves and try and improve. Because they are the model for sustained excellence. They're out there and we're all chasing them.”

The rain fell during most of the Dockers clash against the Suns at Patersons Stadium on Saturday night. For most of the first half, it was difficult to see from one side of the ground to the other.

And with the Hawks having played Essendon on Friday, they’ll have an extra day to prepare for the contest.

But Lyon said he has faith in his fitness staff to have his side ready to go for the clash.

“We're not that fussed,” he said.

“I hand them over to our conditioning coach, sports scientist, whatever label you want to give it. But Jason Weber and his team are fantastic, so we won’t do a lot this week.

“We'll have one decent session. Up until then we'll just move them around and free them up. Touch wood, on the surface we're healthy. But they got banged around a bit.